that's what i love about bank holidays, you can be as busy or and as lazy as you like :) around here, most of the time, we choose to be lazy.
having a lovely sunday with my favorite 'not so little person anymore', my nephew Hector. he's thirteen now, taller than me and is he handsome or what?! :) we had lasagna and strawberries & cream for late lunch and he drew me a little cat and a couple of wee dogs. love them! and i think he'll make a great animator/games designer too... he's got his first mac now (my older G5 i gave to him today) everyone's happy :)
was very pleased to get my issue 179 of Computer Arts yesterday. there's a whole page featuring my work! it's such a great mag, a real must if you're an illustrator.
this morning when i got back from yoga, a lovely parcel from my talented friends Gracia & Louise awaited me. oh it made my day... so much goodness in it and i also love their packaging ways. thanks girls!
today i had a rather stressful time sorting out my older mac. just cleaning it up and saving files i needed to keep, deleting stuff, etc. well, three years worth of work... a few things went wrong in the process and there was lots of swearing flying around the room. all sorted now though. i'm giving it to my nephew Hector, who at thirteen has decided he's going to be an animator and game designer. how cool is that?! i was certainly very pleased to hear :)
i'm pleased to show you this illu i created for my favorite illustration goodness packed publication → Ammo Magazine. the subject for issue 4 is 'play' so boy, did i have fun making it?! absolutely :) the launch will be together with the inkygoodness exhibition, which shares the same subject. although i was invited to exhibit too it came with a bit of short notice and i just couldn't take on the offer due to other work commitments... unfortunately, one just can't do everything but i'll be there at the private view though, along with other ace illustrator friends. so if you're around London on 2nd September, please do come over and say hello. if not, i'll make sure i take some nice photos to show here.
monday is here and it feels great to return to the work in progress from where i left off last week. working on two pieces that will appear in two exhibitions later this year. more details nearer the time. also enjoying all the goodness i received last week from Anke + Simon's coloring book (which will be my best friend when i go on holiday next month) + Lesley's long horse promo piece + lots of yummy gifts from Linzie... lucky, lucky me, thank you guys! i promise i'll show them off in more detail when i get round to updating my inspiration board later this week :) hope you're having a good day too. laters!
so today i went on a visit to the super talented Linzie Hunter's studio. not only do i adore Linzie's work but she also makes me laugh hard on a daily basis on twitter. so it was truly ace to meet Ms Witty in person. and isn't her workspace an overdose of inspiration?! hope you enjoy it too from the snapshots i took. thanks Linzie for inviting me round, even though i forgot to bring the biscuits. the coffee cake was delicious :)
i made a mixtape! it's for the mixtape project and it's now ready to be posted to the receiver :)
today i've been putting together those tiny portfolios for my periodical mailers. the day over here has been a strange one to say the least, sun is out for half an hour then it goes dark and rain starts... not complaining as our lovely garden could do with some rain at the moment but i do love the summer light to work... how's your day going? :)
...and so this was my 24 hour deadline editorial illustration i had to deliver for The Big Issue magazine last week... it's out today.
